A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Katsuren-haebaru in Japan. Unique identifier: us7000q0cq. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q0cq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.46 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 128.4305° East, latitude 25.9122° North, depth = 21.46 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 04:54:24 / May 4, 2025 @ 4:54 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:54:24 / 4:54 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nago, Ishikawa, Naha-shi (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 72 km SE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan.
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